Lead Java Spring Boot Engineer — Hybrid & Real-Time Betting

Netrolynx AI; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £78,000

Training budget

Pension scheme

Healthcare including dental and vision

Wellness subsidies

Flexible working: 3 days in Manchester

Career progression

Job summary

Client Server in Manchester is seeking a Lead Software Engineer / Team Lead with strong Java Spring Boot expertise to guide a small, high-performing development team building real-time sports betting applications. The role blends hands-on coding with people management in a flexible work setup.

You will collaborate with product owners to shape requirements, drive engineering best practices, and oversee the full SDLC.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven leadership including mentoring and coaching.
• Fundamentals: OOP, multithreading, design patterns and data structures; familiarity with TDD.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a small development team, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Take ownership of the technical architecture and contribute to hands-on coding, primarily using Java Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, high-quality solutions.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of features and enhancements.
• Promote engineering excellence by advocating best practices, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Create a developer-friendly environment that encourages focus, innovation, and professional development.
• Implement and uphold testing strategies, including TDD, to ensure robust and reliable software.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating relevant innovations into projects.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

TDD

Object-oriented design

Multithreading

Software architecture

Communication

Problem solving

Java

Spring Boot

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

Client Server in Manchester is seeking a Lead Software Engineer / Team Lead with strong Java Spring Boot expertise to guide a small, high-performing development team building real-time sports betting applications. The role blends hands-on coding with people management in a flexible work setup.

You will collaborate with product owners to shape requirements, drive engineering best practices, and oversee the full SDLC.